Welcome to CBT Lab @  

CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute

We are a young and motivated group which is exploring different domain of catalysis. Our focus is towards developing novel, sustainable organic transformations and utilizing them for medicinal chemistry. Brønsted acid catalysis, Lewis base catalysis and photocatalysis are the areas of our interest.

Group News:

April 2024: Shiv's work on Organocatalyzed Hydroacylation of Enones by Photosensitization of Acyl Silanes is published in Chem. Asian J. (Link)

Jan 2024: Saumya's paper on Photocatalytic Electrocyclization for the Synthesis of Dihydrophenanthrenes is published in Asian J. Org. Chem. (Link)

Dec 2023: Qumruddeen's paper on Lewis Base Catalyzed C-S Bond Formation Through Methyl C(sp3)-H Thiocyanation of Indoles is published in Asian J. Org. Chem. (Link)

April 2023: Arun's paper on Organocatalytic photoinduced carboamination of dienes is published in Chem. Commun. (Link)